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Zoology
Zoology: The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.
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JUL 01, 2018Genetics & Genomics
EDCs act similarly to hormones that we naturally produce, and are found in many household products.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2018Microbiology
People share many genes with other organisms, but our skin microbiome diverges.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2018Plants & Animals
Many animals respond to an elevated predator presence by increasing their group size. After all, there’s power in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2018Plants & Animals
As an animal evolves, it can sometimes fork into two separate species. Also known as speciation, this phenomenon depends ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
In a process called phagocytosis, a cell ingests another cell, and that is thought to be central to the development of c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2018Plants & Animals
If you've ever raised chickens before, then you might be familiar with the loud crowing roosters do with each passing mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2017Plants & Animals
Chances are, you’re either left or right handed, unless you have a third hand no one knows about. On the other han ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2016Plants & Animals
Who do some lizards have exotic blue tails? They’re super attractive to your eye, but does it work the same way fo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 21, 2016Videos
A rodent found only on a tiny island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been declared extinct. Zoology experts and en ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 19, 2016Plants & Animals
There is a species of salamanders that reside in the Northeastern part of North America that are basically an all-female ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2016Neuroscience
While it’s not true in some areas, when it comes to brains, size does matter. Not just ordinary size, but the size ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 24, 2015Plants & Animals
Who hasn't had the experience of encountering a giant spider, with big scary eyes and creepy crawly legs? Fear, followed ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2015Plants & Animals
When fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hit the hibernate button, they increase their overall longevity.
So suggests a n ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 02, 2015Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 10, 2015Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2014Technology
characters," Ballengée says. "I wanted to somehow recall that."
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...Written By: Robert Woodard
JUL 01, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
EDCs act similarly to hormones that we naturally produce, and are found in many household products.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2018
Microbiology
People share many genes with other organisms, but our skin microbiome diverges.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Plants & Animals
Many animals respond to an elevated predator presence by increasing their group size. After all, there’s power in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
As an animal evolves, it can sometimes fork into two separate species. Also known as speciation, this phenomenon depends
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a process called phagocytosis, a cell ingests another cell, and that is thought to be central to the development of c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2018
Plants & Animals
If you've ever raised chickens before, then you might be familiar with the loud crowing roosters do with each passing mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2017
Plants & Animals
Chances are, you’re either left or right handed, unless you have a third hand no one knows about. On the other han
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Science has shown that the bacteria in our guts has been with us a long time, and coevolved alo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2016
Plants & Animals
Who do some lizards have exotic blue tails? They’re super attractive to your eye, but does it work the same way fo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
A rodent found only on a tiny island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been declared extinct. Zoology experts and en
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
There is a species of salamanders that reside in the Northeastern part of North America that are basically an all-female
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2016
Neuroscience
While it’s not true in some areas, when it comes to brains, size does matter. Not just ordinary size, but the size
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
Who hasn't had the experience of encountering a giant spider, with big scary eyes and creepy crawly legs? Fear, followed
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2015
Plants & Animals
When fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hit the hibernate button, they increase their overall longevity.
So suggests a n ...
So suggests a n ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
An Antarctic octopus gives literal meaning to the phrase "blue blood," as a new study finds the cephalopod has blue pigm
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 02, 2015
Plants & Animals
When zoologist Ivan Sazima went for a walk in the park in southeastern Brazil on a warm September day in 2013, he was ho
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 15, 2014
Technology
characters," Ballengée says. "I wanted to somehow recall that."
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...
Reference: Brandon Ballengée, Stanley K. Sess ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard